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Poster:	rgs_uk	Date:	November 21, 2003 05:35:00pm
Forum:	movies	Subject:	Re: Dyke's speech in full

That's a good point about the World Service. Though even now there is a debate about the licence fee being used to provide a massive website (BBC Online) that is available worldwide. Personally I think BBC Online is a wonderful resource. But maybe the Foreign Office should pay the bandwidth bill for international users ;-)

I think comedy and drama shows are quite unlikely to be made available online even in the UK and very unlikely internationally because it would hit the income it brings in and, increasingly, the BBC needs to find income other than the licence fee. Again, I think the Government would have to fund any international use. The bandwidth costs would be phenomenal. But I agree with you that it would be a good thing in theory.

I heard that the BBC was trying to come up with some way to make BBC Online a commercial service (eg. with ads) for international users. Maybe by the time the archive project happens, the technology will be available to do that?

This post was modified by rgs_uk on 2003-11-22 01:35:00